ORIGINAL: retired guy

Browns for the past few years have used their instinctive inborn nasty rotten subvervisive radar to completley avoid me.
  Any advise as to what they might be interested in this time of year- now that ya have my blood boiling for the weekend.

Thanks for the tip- will be there.

Natural looking bugs - same ones you would use on your home waters, hares-ear, pheasant tail nymphs and such. Those island browns are smallish, but oh so purdy...

you won't get run over by the rubber-hatchers either.

One of my favorite spots on da riva...

p.s. - I'd park in the Pineville Fly Shop lot, doubt they would care since they are closed now... Short stroll to da water -vs- crossing in 750 flows....

I believe rt's place is already on the north side, no reason why he can't take the back way to the north side parking lot

dont know where his pad is but true on the north.. rt, swing a few in the pool/run below the bridge to get a feel for the rod then work the tail for some gasping atlantics or trout.. If your really into things keep on working down stream . there is some purdy water (riffs) below all the way to the Ace.. Plenty of back cast water all the way till you hit the Ace which is best fished from the south side..

Flies ?
I'd do woolies for just about anything this time of year..

ORIGINAL: hot tuna

Flies ?
I'd do woolies for just about anything this time of year..

forgot about them - a great choice - considering the water will be up.

ORIGINAL: retired guy

Always prefer my drift from upper right to down left-Thanks

really ? are you a lefty ?

Hey RT, not trying to "trap" you or discourage your way of fishing.. Just wondering if your a lefty and reason behind the way you prefer.. Neither is Right Or Wrong.. What ever works best for that person may be best for them.
Being right handed I prefer myself, to stand "river right" when fly fishing.. Of course this is not always possible. When spin fishing could care less & have no clue with a spey..

Again being that I love back casting , river right means that I can pick up the line from down stream and in 1 motion haul the line behind then shoot the cast without turning my body or first tension casting before making the back cast..
If on "river left" the line flows down stream across my body which forces me to first turn to the left (down stream) then make a tension cast upstream followed by a back cast..

It's just more motions..

The Same goes for a roll cast (being river left) except instead of the upstream tension cast, I must raise my rod to the right and bring the line towards me then roll the line out in front across my body to make a right(upstream) roll . just think of a big C arch.. Again an extra step for me..

Nothing wrong with how you like to fish be it lefty or righty, Just something you might want to try that may aid in casting (river right).. And as said you can't always get what you want (river right).


Anyone else ?

    Dont know bout all that but I just feel comphy with the current running down from my right side. Do the other way too but prefer the South side as much as possible
But then we all know the fishies tend to be on the right side of any stream. therefore whenever approaching a waterway always fish to your right to catch more of them. Unless ,of course, when your standing mid stream.
   In over 30 years I have never fished that area right above Pineville Bridge. Have gone up around the bend years ago for Steel but never around that island above the bridge and that area from the bend down to the bridge - look forward to learning it. Always parked at the entrance to Tressel and went down the steep bank and upstream - long ago.

HT - describe exactly where the old dam just above Pineville was - I never heard of that one.

Casting techniques based on river right,river left?

I don't think that hard when fishing. My main consideration is not taking a swim - casting technique is secondary, sometimes thirdonary.

The reason I would not wade fish below Pineville from the north side in 750 flow is because that first step is a freakin dooozy.

RT - the little resident gems hang in the S Side channel of the island - chillin in the shade..

    Thanks Drake- looked at the area today in the overhead photos just to get familiar-will certainly fish there a while and try and break the Brown drought- also gotta get out on some bigger water and mess around with that new rig.
     In a smaller area like that agree with Tuna on the river left thing- specially if throwing upstream nymphs.. In bigger water the other doesnt bother me much- Not that much of  a fly fisher so as to feel the difference I guess.

Will do Drake-
  Its my Birthday today - not sure if I should be happy bout that or not-  numbers just keep gettin bigger and bigger. Ya realize there a lot more trips behind than ahead.

  Hey Drake- thanks
I recall that mudhole on the bottom of that steep bank quite clearly. Tried to go around it once and ended up about halfway down the Tressel road. How in creation can a guy get mixed up in that little stretch of wooded hillside?
  Felt like I  oughta look for a chapter of Dopes R Us or leave a trail of breadcrumbs.

Yup happy birthday rt

       Probably my last post on this thread- really thank  all for the advise given- Tried the rig Sat  up by the Pineville bridge rememberance.
      Worked very well though still need more practice. Had a 'hearthrob moment'  when after bout 2 hours the front two sections went flying off into the water when casting. They came back to me VERY carefully.  Gotta be a bit more attentive to putting  them together firmly and checking them from time to time.
   Bout the only thing I may have done differently was to have loaded the 8 wt rod with a 10 wt line. I did a 9 wt and its fine but just does not seem to be of a good weight when casting. Hope thats just me not being used to it cause going over by 2 wts seems a bit much.
  Am still snapping a bit too quick when loading and throwing it and find the best casts are the easy but firm ones-try too hard and its a mess.
   GREAT rod for high sticking, tending and roll casting. The length seemed awkward at first then over time it was perfect. It plays 8 inch smallmouth very well- not a joke here- the rod has neat sensitivity.
    Had no trouble at all getting out bout 50 feet and am working on longer stuff.

Rt.. sounds like you are fond of the rod but are looking for those hero drifts ? 5o' cast with no problem seems much plenty to me.. well I'm sure you just want to stretch the legs on that baby.
Given it's a switch rod your looking at single/double spey and roll casts.. You'll just have to work these things out.. Do a search on youtube, I'm sure they got some good videos on casting but in the end it's gonna be up to you to master things..

10wt line.. Nah... You did fine.. Practice, make better.. 4pc rod.. Yup.. 3 times more chance of coming apart.. clean & check the ferrules often.. One thing that may also happen during early fall is the ferrules may swell from heat(sun) and NOT come apart.. If happens just hold rod under water for a time..

Casting:
as said above.. Thing with spey casting however is line speed.. That zigzag thing as db refers to, it's all about line speed, not too fast/not too slow.. You'll get it..
What about the reel ? good /bad/ ugly ?

sounds like you had fun and thanks for the report back..

also, next time your catching a lot of small bass; throw on something nice and bi; I MEAN REAL BIG; and you'll most likely be rewarded with a slammin small mouth. you may think its a salmonoid at first